The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education voted to eliminate 41 academic programs and suspend 21 others after a statewide productivity review flagged "low‑producing" offerings. Institutions must create teach‑out plans and cease eliminated programs within a year, while suspended programs will be paused for reassessment. The board cited degree-production thresholds and workforce alignment as drivers; affected campuses said they will pursue curricular updates, partnerships and targeted recruitment to save other programs. The University of Oklahoma faced the most eliminations in the vote, with 14 programs cut. Policy analysts say the Oklahoma action reflects a broader state-level trend toward imposing productivity metrics on colleges — a move intended to reallocate resources to high-demand fields but one that risks narrowing academic diversity and prompting rapid institutional change.